The StandDesk was produced by millennials, is marketed straight at millennials, as well as has been demolished by millennials in excellent quantities. While it brings a ten-year service warranty (the longest of any Chinese-made base), in this instance it’s not always a reliable indicator of the anticipated valuable life of the lifting columns. For the cost, the StandDesk is an excellent lower-cost choice to the UpLift, Jarvis and various other Chinese-made desks. Regardless of its security concerns this is a far better item than the Autonomous SmartDesk or IKEA Bekant could ever wish to be, and also a good value generally. It’s the mid-priced offering in the wide category of Chinese-made desks that is winning over customers from both its more affordable as well as pricier peers.

StandDesk Building And Construction, Configuration, as well as Gadgets

Constructing the desk is pretty easy if you comply with the in-depth guidelines. All of the screws, bolts, washing machines, and also springtime washing machines come in different bags that are noted with their destination: table top, structure, and also spares. There’s a consisted of hex device for attaching every one of the bolts into the frame, or, appear a hex bit into your power device– simply take care not to over-tighten.

Every one of the parts have an excellent quality coating to them with rounded edges to avoid cut hands. Below is a shot of all the screws that are secured to the leg assembly– it’s not going anywhere!

Standdesk-Leg

The foot setting up additionally consists of height-adjustable turning gears to maintain the front-to-back movement of the desk, which was really practical for the carpeted home office flooring. I’m also making use of a flooring mat to safeguard the rug from chair wheel damage at resting elevation, and also press the chair when I’m transitioning to standing elevation.

Standdesk-Foot

The luxurious controller was worth the investment. The buttons are all variable pressure configured, suggesting the up and down arrowheads will certainly adjust the elevation by 1/10th of an inch with a solitary press, or continually change the elevation by about 0.7 inches per 2nd if you hold the switch for two secs. The memory buttons are comparable in design: press to remember the elevation setup, or hold the button down for 5 secs to save a new elevation value. I’m making use of switch 1 for my sitting placement and button 4 for my standing placement, which provides me 2 as well as 3 for anything I might need in the future.

Standdesk-Memory-unit

Utilizing my Standdesk

I have actually been utilizing the new desk for a few weeks and also have jotted down my preliminary impressions:

The motors are quiet however can be heard in the next room over. It takes maybe 25 secs for the desk to completely shift from sitting to standing based upon my presets.
I use an Ergotron side-by-side check arm (especially this LX model), triggering the desk to get a little rough when I change my weight against the key-board. In knowledge, I must have purchased the bar upgrade for my desk after determining the weight of my monitors. If you intend to do a dual screen setup, obtain the crossbar.

Since gravity compresses the discs in a human spine, I need to raise the desk greater in the early morning and reduced it at night.

An anti-fatigue floor covering is definitely essential for long duration standing. I bought an Octagonal floor covering from SmartCells, using rubber “cells” that are imagined listed below.

Performance

Despite any type of problems I may have had with the mobile phone or the cookie-cutter design, practically every one of those worries gotten rid of when I actually came down to using this thing.

I didn’t believe it was also possible, the StandDesk in some way manages to be even more secure than the Jarvis, both at resting and standing elevations. Most days I such as to run my Jarvis at max elevation while pressed against my wall; not always due to the fact that it’s that shaky, yet even if I want as much security as I can obtain.

The StandDesk one ups the gambit even additionally, showing to be just as constant on its own at standing elevation as the Jarvis is with wall support. This is all without the business’s bar addition, which they claim adds much more security when bought as a part of the package deal.When it pertains to weight tolerance, the StandDesk shares yet a lot more statistics with the Jarvis, being rated for up to 350 pounds of weight ability.

I have actually been utilizing the desk for about 3 weeks now for day-to-day job (and adhering to standing desk ideal methods), whether it’s typing out testimonials similar to this one from our desktop computer or a laptop computer every now and then. The desk stands up well against non-coastered beverages, and the finish in addition to the desk still really feels equally as smooth as well as slick as the day I opened it regardless of days of perspiring wrists wresting on it as well as several wipe downs with a dustcloth.

Though I never ever intentionally attempt to damage any kind of workdesks also hard, throughout some lighter tests (tossing a collection of keys onto it from a range, for instance), it still stood up without a lot of noticeable indications of damages.

Lastly, when I measured the noise output of the desk while it climbed from a resting setting to standing as well as back once more, it was by far the quietest we’ve checked yet. I could hardly get it to make more than about 9.5 dB of sound, so if your most significant issue is the whirr of your motor, this is certainly the one for you.

Customer care

Currently, typically I do not include much about the customer support support of any type of given business, only due to the fact that I feel that in general if an item functions the means its expected to, I shouldn’t ever have a reason to call them in the first place. As well as while I wish I might state that was the case throughout my experience with StandDesk, I just can not finish this testimonial without stating the various, seemingly endless problems I ran into attempting to get my workdesk put together.

For starters, the desk I was sent really did not have any memory mobile included originally, which suggested I had no other way of really regulating the up/down function on the desk itself. I got in touch with StandDesk about this issue, that returned to me around a day later with an apology and a guarantee that a new one would certainly be shipped out shortly.

Standdesk review handset

The source of all our troubles …
Regarding 4 days later a phone arrived in the mail. The phone at first activated, yet it wasn’t long prior to I noticed that none of the programmable buttons functioned, nor did the down button, but also for some reason the “memory” switch handled the down function just fine. I spoke to the company once again, and they apologized for the mixup and claimed they would certainly have a new panel and control box out to me within the week.

Over 2 weeks later my brand-new panel and control box got here. When I mounted them both the desk finally began working the way it was meant to, yet not after virtually a month of waiting and backward and forward with a company that couldn’t keep in mind to ship a core element of their item inside the exact same box from the beginning.

Points to Consider

In spite of its bankable attributes, this stand up desk also has its very own disadvantages. Given that no singular stand desk can record all of the attributes that you may require, you may consider these in your decision-making.

Lack of a Crossbar as requirement

Not having a stabilizing bar is definitely not a deal-breaker, especially considering some of our various other favored workdesks such as the Fully Jarvis additionally do not have one. This workdesk does have one if you want, however it is a paid add-on (extra on this later on also).

The crossbar is seen by some as an obstacle, making it harder to position your legs comfortably listed below the desk. Others, on the other hand, locate that they supply added security, commonly crucial when desks are totally expanded.

We have not read any issues of the stability of this desk, so we do not assume its something to really be concerned about, although if you actually desired a desk with a bar after that we suggest you have a look at the Varidesk ProDesk 60 Electric.

Additionally, StandDesk does provide a separate add-on crossbar that you can add to the desk on your own, just for an added $49.95.

Security

The stability of a standing workdesk is one of the most crucial facets of these workdesks. Without a stable desk you’ll find it difficult to focus, which can bring about you ending up being much less thinking about using the desk at standing elevation. To get the best return on your financial investment, you’ll intend to be happy when making use of the desk.

Because the StandDesk Simple is the first workdesk that I have actually checked with an optional cross support, I will certainly break down my stability tests right into two areas. Both examinations will consist of the typical front to back rocking test and an entrusted to appropriate wobble. The very first will certainly be without the cross support and the secondly will be with it. Simply to note, StandDesk.co states that the addition of the cross support can boost security by as much as 15%. I have no idea just how they created that number.

Without Cross Support

Left to Right: The wobble examination was a various circumstance. StandDesk Simple was the 2nd workdesk that I checked that wobbled at the bottom with weight on the desktop. The very first was the IKEA Bekant. By the time it reached 36″ the shaking motion was bad. Yet point it would certainly affect your work.

With Cross Assistance

Front to Back: Adding the cross assistance does not impact the rocking motion. The StandDesk Simple began to experienced a shaking motion at 36″. By 41″ the rocking activity misbehaved.

Entrusted to Right: Including the cross support to the StandDesk enhanced the wobble activity for reduced elevations. With the cross support the wobble movement really did not begin until you reached 35″. By 39″ the wobble activity came to be poor.

Note: It’s extremely essential with adjustable standing workdesks to fully tighten all hardware. If there is equipment that is not totally tight, the movement experienced when encompassed standing elevation will certainly be overemphasized. This is specifically true with a desk frame that consists of 32 screws, there are much a lot of factors at which the desk has a possibility to relocate.

Conclusion

Like all the Chinese bases we have actually evaluated in our labs, we have to narrow our recommendation on the StandDesk Pro to shorter customers with narrower desktops, as the security simply isn’t there for a big mass boosted high off the ground. American-made workdesks will certainly be better fit to these applications, and for a rather evident factor. Basically all American-made bases are made in United States manufacturing facilities that are owned by Swedish, Danish or German business that created this industry, and also their ordinary people are a lot taller than the ordinary Oriental consumer, so they started making longer-stroke lifting legs a long time ago. As well as they have much more robot automation, laser-cutting tools, and also large experience making standing workdesk bases, needless to say.

However if you’re not too tall, do not have an inordinate quantity of hefty equipment on your desktop, as well as don’t need as well wide of a workdesk, the StandDesk Pro will provide you great value.

All that may change with Yu’s promised StandDesk Pro 2.0 design that he expects to launch at some time in the future. Initially we were told we ‘d see it by June 2018. Greater than a year later it has yet to materialize, as well as Yu states he’s had difficulty getting the item high quality he needs out of numerous Chinese factories he’s attempted working with. The new style is allegedly going to be much easier to put together and also have a heftier crossbar layout, to name a few improvements. He says the new base will certainly be used in both a “T-Leg” as well as “C-Leg” configuration, reducing our concern regarding side-load worrying on the lifting columns.

If this new base ever involves market we’ll update you below. We’re not holding our breath any type of longer as the most current news on the company is that Yu closed the tiny Los Angeles office and also has actually moved it to join with all its other workers in southeast Asia.

In the meantime, a brand-new $399 standing desk with excellent efficiency has actually been introduce with the brand-new joint venture between US-based iMovR as well as China-based Eureka, the i1 electric standing desk. While restricted in dimension as well as color alternatives, it has actually taken the mantle away from StandDesk’s long-ago status as the most effective standing workdesk under $400.

The StandDesk was developed by millennials, is marketed directly at millennials, and has been gobbled up by millennials in impressive quantities. While it carries a ten-year warranty (the longest of any Chinese-made base), in this situation it’s not always a trusted sign of the anticipated valuable life of the lifting columns. But also for the rate, the StandDesk is a great lower-cost choice to the UpLift, Jarvis and other Chinese-made workdesks. Regardless of its security concerns this is a much better item than the Autonomous SmartDesk or IKEA Bekant could ever before hope to be, as well as a good value on the whole. It’s the mid-priced offering in the wide group of Chinese-made workdesks that is gaining customers from both its less expensive as well as more expensive peers.

StandDesk Building, Setup, as well as Devices

Constructing the desk is rather easy if you follow the detailed instructions. Every one of the screws, screws, washers, and also spring washing machines been available in different bags that are noted with their location: tabletop, frame, and spares. There’s a consisted of hex tool for attaching every one of the bolts into the frame, or, pop in a hex bit into your power device– just take care not to over-tighten.

Every one of the parts have a premium quality coating to them with rounded corners to avoid cut hands. Below is a shot of all the bolts that are secured to the leg assembly– it’s not going anywhere!

Standdesk-Leg

The foot setting up likewise consists of height-adjustable rotation equipments to stabilize the front-to-back movement of the desk, which was really helpful for the carpeted office flooring. I’m additionally using a flooring mat to secure the carpet from chair wheel damages at sitting height, as well as press the chair back when I’m transitioning to standing elevation.

Standdesk-Foot

The luxurious controller deserved the investment. The switches are all variable stress programmed, implying the backwards and forwards arrows will readjust the elevation by 1/10th of an inch with a single press, or continually adjust the elevation by around 0.7 inches per 2nd if you hold the button for 2 secs. The memory buttons are comparable in design: press to recall the height setup, or hold the button down for 5 seconds to store a brand-new height worth. I’m utilizing button 1 for my resting position as well as switch 4 for my standing setting, which offers me 2 as well as 3 for anything I could require in the future.

Standdesk-Memory-unit

Using my Standdesk

I’ve been making use of the new desk for a few weeks and have actually made a note of my first impacts:

The electric motors are quiet but can be heard in the next area over. It takes perhaps 25 secs for the desk to fully change from sitting to standing based upon my presets.
I make use of an Ergotron side-by-side keep an eye on arm (particularly this LX model), causing the desk to get a little rocky when I change my weight versus the key-board. In hindsight, I ought to have purchased the bar upgrade for my desk after identifying the weight of my displays. If you plan to do a twin display setup, get the crossbar.

Due to the fact that gravity presses the discs in a human back, I need to elevate the desk higher in the early morning as well as lower it at night.

An anti-fatigue floor covering is absolutely important for long period of time standing. I purchased an Octagonal floor covering from SmartCells, utilizing rubber “cells” that are pictured below.

Efficiency

Despite any troubles I may have had with the mobile or the cookie-cutter style, basically all of those issues gotten rid of when I really came down to utilizing this point.

I really did not assume it was also possible, the StandDesk in some way handles to be also extra steady than the Jarvis, both at sitting and also standing elevations. The majority of days I like to run my Jarvis at max elevation while pushed versus my wall surface; not always because it’s that unsteady, however just because I want as much security as I can obtain.

The StandDesk one ups the gambit even better, showing to be just as constant by itself at standing elevation as the Jarvis is with wall support. This is all without the company’s bar enhancement, which they assert includes much more stability when acquired as a part of the bundle deal.When it comes to weight resistance, the StandDesk shares yet much more stats with the Jarvis, being rated for as much as 350 pounds of weight capacity.

I have actually been utilizing the desk for about 3 weeks currently for day-to-day job (and complying with standing desk finest practices), whether it’s typing out evaluations such as this one from our desktop computer or a laptop every now and then. The desk stands up well against non-coastered beverages, and also the surface on top of the desk still feels just as smooth as well as slick as the day I opened it regardless of days of perspiring wrists wresting on it and also multiple wipe downs with a cloth.

Though I never ever intentionally attempt to dent any kind of workdesks too hard, during some lighter examinations (tossing a collection of tricks onto it from a distance, as an example), it still stood up without way too many noticeable indications of damages.

Lastly, when I gauged the sound outcome of the desk while it climbed from a sitting placement to standing and also back once again, it was by far the quietest we’ve examined yet. I can hardly get it to make more than regarding 9.5 dB of sound, so if your most significant concern is the whirr of your electric motor, this is absolutely the one for you.

Customer Service

Currently, typically I don’t include much about the client service support of any type of offered firm, just due to the fact that I feel that generally if a product functions the means its expected to, I should not ever have a reason to call them in the first place. As well as while I wish I can claim that held true during my experience with StandDesk, I merely can’t finish this review without discussing the numerous, relatively countless troubles I encountered trying to get my workdesk put together.

For starters, the desk I was sent really did not have any type of memory mobile phone consisted of initially, which implied I had no other way of in fact regulating the up/down feature on the desk itself. I got in touch with StandDesk concerning this concern, that returned to me around a day later on with an apology as well as a pledge that a new one would be shipped out quickly.

Standdesk testimonial handset

The resource of all our issues …
Regarding 4 days later a handset got here in the mail. The mobile originally turned on, but it wasn’t long prior to I saw that none of the programmable switches functioned, nor did the down button, but also for some reason the “memory” switch managed the down feature just fine. I got in touch with the firm again, as well as they excused the mixup and also said they would certainly have a new panel and also control box bent on me within the week.

Over two weeks later on my new panel and control box showed up. Once I mounted them both the desk finally started functioning the way it was meant to, but not after virtually a month of waiting and back and forth with a company that could not remember to ship a core component of their item inside the same box from the beginning.

Things to Take into consideration

In spite of its bankable features, this stand up workdesk also has its very own downsides. Because no singular stand desk might catch all of the functions that you may need, you may think about these in your decision-making.

Absence of a Crossbar as criterion

Not having a supporting bar is certainly not a deal-breaker, especially considering a few of our other favorite workdesks such as the Totally Jarvis likewise do not have one. As a matter of fact, this workdesk does have one if you want, but it is a paid add-on (more on this later also).

The bar is seen by some as a limitation, making it harder to put your legs conveniently below the desk. Others, on the other hand, find that they provide added security, frequently vital when desks are completely extended.

We have not check out any kind of grievances of the security of this desk, so we don’t assume its something to truly be worried about, although if you actually desired a desk with a crossbar after that we advise you take a look at the Varidesk ProDesk 60 Electric.

StandDesk does offer a separate add-on crossbar that you can include to the desk on your own, simply for an additional $49.95.

Security

The security of a standing workdesk is just one of one of the most important facets of these desks. Without a stable workdesk you’ll discover it hard to focus, which might result in you becoming much less curious about making use of the desk at standing elevation. To obtain the most effective return on your investment, you’ll intend to be happy when using the desk.

Since the StandDesk Simple is the very first workdesk that I have actually checked with an optional cross assistance, I will break down my stability tests into 2 areas. Both examinations will include the common front to back rocking examination and a delegated best wobble. The first will certainly be without the cross support and also the second will be with it. Simply to note, StandDesk.co says that the enhancement of the cross assistance can increase stability by up to 15%. I have no concept how they generated that number.

Without Cross Assistance

Left to Right: The wobble examination was a different scenario. StandDesk Simple was the second desk that I examined that wobbled near the bottom with weight on the desktop. The first was the IKEA Bekant. By the time it got to 36″ the rocking activity was bad. Yet point it would certainly impact your job.

With Cross Support

Front to Back: Adding the cross support does not influence the shaking movement. The StandDesk Simple began to experienced a shaking motion at 36″. By 41″ the shaking activity was bad.

Entrusted to Right: Adding the cross assistance to the StandDesk boosted the wobble motion for reduced heights. With the cross support the wobble motion didn’t begin until you reached 35″. By 39″ the wobble motion came to be poor.

Keep in mind: It’s extremely essential with flexible standing workdesks to fully tighten all equipment. If there is hardware that is not totally tight, the motion experienced when included standing height will certainly be exaggerated. This is especially true with a desk frame that consists of 32 bolts, there are much a lot of factors at which the desk has a possibility to relocate.

Verdict

Like all the Chinese bases we have actually evaluated in our laboratories, we need to tighten our referral on the StandDesk Pro to much shorter customers with narrower desktop computers, as the security just isn’t there for a huge mass elevated high off the ground. American-made workdesks will be much better fit to these applications, and for a relatively obvious factor. Practically all American-made bases are made in US factories that are owned by Swedish, Danish or German companies that designed this sector, and also their average citizens are a great deal taller than the typical Asian consumer, so they started making longer-stroke lifting legs a long period of time back. And also they have far more robot automation, laser-cutting equipment, and large experience making standing workdesk bases, it goes without saying.

However if you’re not too high, don’t have an inordinate amount of heavy tools on your desktop, and also do not need also wide of a desk, the StandDesk Pro will certainly offer you good value.

All that might alter with Yu’s assured StandDesk Pro 2.0 layout that he expects to launch at some point in the future. Originally we were informed we would certainly see it by June 2018. More than a year later it has yet to materialize, and also Yu states he’s had problem getting the product quality he requires out of a number of Chinese factories he’s attempted collaborating with. The new style is allegedly going to be much easier to put together as well as have a heftier bar design, to name a few improvements. He states the new base will certainly be supplied in both a “T-Leg” and “C-Leg” configuration, reducing our issue concerning side-load emphasizing on the training columns.

If this brand-new base ever comes to market we’ll upgrade you right here. We’re not holding our breath any kind of longer as the most current information on the business is that Yu closed the tiny Los Angeles workplace as well as has moved it to join with all its other workers in southeast Asia.

In the meantime, a brand-new $399 standing workdesk with outstanding efficiency has been present through the new joint endeavor in between US-based iMovR as well as China-based Eureka, the i1 electric standing workdesk. While limited in dimension as well as shade options, it has taken the mantle far from StandDesk’s long-ago status as the very best standing workdesk under $400.